downshift definition

September 24, 2017 AZ Dictionary

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verb-intransitive:

To move an auto into a lesser gear.

to cut back the rate, rate, or intensity of something.

To streamline or decrease a person's expectations or responsibilities, particularly in work hours: "28 percent said they had downshifted and voluntarily cut back on their particular earnings one way or another ... to mirror alterations in priorities” ( Carey Goldberg).